Day Trips: Caddo Mounds Historic Site, Alto

New grass house shows how the old ways provided shelter

"...Caddo Mounds State Historic Site outside of Alto is sporting a new beehive hairdo. Actually, it is..."

March 10, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, Alto

Mystery mounds of the Caddo

"...Caddo Mounds State Historic Site outside of Alto preserves the remains of a once great Native American..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...Jason Boland & the StragglersRancho Alto (Apex Nashville/Thirty Tigers)..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...Bands across Texas and around the region, from Louisiana to Georgia, come..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...If you're already a Jimmy LaFave fan, run out..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

Shelley King

"...has been anywhere out of state lines lately. Tracing Texas from its swampy eastern border to the cowboy country..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Texas Platters

"...Out there in the juke joints of East Texas and Louisiana, swamp country, only one type of music..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

University of Texas University Orchestra's Fall 2015 Concert

The audience-friendly first concert of the school year offered earfuls of drama from Bizet, Beethoven, and more

"...the array of soloists featured throughout the evening: the alto saxophone in the Bizet; horn, flute, and bassoon in..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Ali Holder

Girlie Action

"...blues, New Orleans brass, and, a given for the Texas native, Southwestern country, all topped with an R&B-rounded alto...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...decadelong Austinite worthy of the top tier of emerging Texas songwriters, its poignant tunes crafted through their songwriter's blistered..."

May 17, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Girlie Action

"...wide-open tunes of joy and peace. Patty Finney's honeyed alto gives Midnight Radio an unexpected strength. An Austin native,..."

May 29, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Toni Price

"...that have always been her stock-in-trade, burnished with the Texas Horns' powerful punch and tip o' the Stetson to..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Ornette Coleman

"...two sessions in 1959-60 that produced the Fort Worth-born alto saxophonist's classic Atlantic albums, Change of the Century and..."

May 4, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Ornette Coleman

Record review

"...While Texas jazz legend Ornette Coleman has mellowed considerably over the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Cordy Lavery

"...angst. Along the way, her fingerpicked guitar and vulnerable alto are accompanied by mandolin ("In the Arms"), fiddle ("Love..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Aisha Burns

"...Aisha Burns' plaintive alto soars above percussive bursts and rolling acoustic melodies in..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Austin Jazz Workshop

"...than rehash the usual warhorses, this quintet, led by alto saxophonist Michael Melinger, admirably revives 11 lesser-known gems, including..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Alyse Black

"...slick lead-off "My Body Is Burning," with Black's throaty alto carrying the timbre of Jewel and peppering in spoken..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Review by Abby Johnston

TripTrio

"...your no-nonsense tour guide. "Moonchild Blues" lets her steady alto cut loose, swinging amidst jazz-lilted guitar and filling in..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Mandy Rowden

"...Durham, who provides a perfect cushion for Rowden's dusky alto and scalpel-sharp pen – aimed here at delivering a..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Löwin

DeEP End

"...Queens of the Stone Age-like amp alchemy, her ethereal alto assails blowhards ("Big Mouth") and more ("Move It Football..."

June 5, 2015 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Patty Griffin

"...paid fitting homage, but as soon as Griffin's country-lilted alto kicks in, Maines and company are exposed as dutiful..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

"...her high-range crooning, instead settling into a deep, rich alto with an added country twang. More than musical switch-ups,..."

June 29, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Andrae Van Buren

"...recalls the tart, blues-inflected tones of fellow Memphis, Tenn.-born alto saxman Hank Crawford. If "Deep" ... Nough Said is..."

June 17, 2011 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Roy Hargrove Quintet

"...in a soulful direction. The modified boogaloo of Cedar Walton's "I'm Not So Sure" and "Mr. Clean," copped from..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Girlie Action

Girlie Action

"...Now You're Gonna Be Loved, but it's her sultry alto that gives it the honky-tonk kick. Produced by Sean..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Roy Hargrove, The RH Factor

Record review

"...melody on his buttery flügelhorn. Not to be outdone, alto saxman Justin Robinson conjures up the serpentine sound of..."

June 9, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Celtic 101

Celtic 101

"...striking and gorgeous debut from Sarah Dinan. Her sultry alto, so beautifully framed in a cappella on "The Hero's..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

School’s out and June is the beginning of summer fun

"...Taste your way through Texas and beyond this summer, sampling Cajun cuisine, Southern specialties,..."

June 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Weekend Wine: White Wines of Northeastern Italy

Don't sleep on this affordable biodynamic Chardonnay

"...the northeast corner of Italy in the areas of Alto Adige and Friuli. Making the whole process a little..."

Sept. 21, 2019 Food Post by Wes Marshall

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